Photoshop your cover onto a 3D ebook image. Pat Flynn put together a great video¬†on how to do¬†this.

You're done! Now promote it to your heart's content.

2. Create a Course

The next logical step for most bloggers is to create a course.

While you probably offer a ton of free value on your blog, a course can take your revenue to a whole new level.

Don't think people will pay for this knowledge? Think again.

Here are 5 reasons why people would buy your course:

They want the results your blog teaches, but faster.

They want bonus information you don't offer on the blog.

They want to be held by the hand through the process.

They want more access to you, either through email, phone conversations, or exclusive webinars.

They trust you enough (through the free value you provide on your blog) to buy your course and know they'll probably get their money's worth.

Here's a quick guideline on creating courses:

Make sure the information you're¬†packaging together stands out above your blog content.¬†This is the ultimate reason they'll buy a course from you. They're getting even more value than they can get through your blog.

Map out logical steps for them to achieve their objectives.¬†These are usually broken up into “modules.” Each module contains a short intro, the core information, and some way to help your students take action.

To get them to take action, create downloadable action sheets that describe exactly what they should do to complete that module.

Incorporate video.¬†Most online courses involve the instructor talking in front of a camera. If you're not comfortable doing this, record your voice and use slides to display the information.

Your students will get the information two ways: orally and visually. This¬†will help them retain the information, get better results from your course, and refer more people to it.

Just like promoting affiliate products on your blog, promoting these products in¬†an email autoresponder can generate passive income for you.

You can either promote them directly in the emails or create blog post tutorials and promote those. Either way, there's the opportunity to cash in.

Here's what I suggest with your autoresponder:

Start off your first few emails with useful content that doesn't sell anything. This will help you establish trust with new subscribers.

Sprinkle in relationship building emails, like asking your subscribers if you can help them with anything. This will also build trust and reduce unsubscribes.

When promoting the product, focus on the results they can get and not on the product itself. If you've gotten results using it, make sure to explain those in detail. This will do the selling for you.

5. Sell Email Promotions

If you've got a sizable email list, that's traffic you can tap into whenever you want. It's also totally under your control.

You can offer to promote other people's content to your email list in exchange for a fee. This requires little extra effort on your part, and you can filter¬†the content you're promoting to make sure it's top notch.

6. Start an Online Coaching Service

Jon Morrow, one of the top bloggers out there, says that even a newbie blogger can charge $90/hour for a phone coaching service. And he has helped thousands of bloggers!

Phone coaching offers a bunch of benefits:

You get to create an intimate bond with your students. This can last a lifetime and attract consistent new business for you.

It helps you build a reputation as an authority.

You begin to understand your audience's deepest, most profound needs and frustrations. This information is marketing gold for other products you create and sell.

You can stop offering or continue offering the service whenever you want.

As you get better and better known, you can increase your rates while offering the same exact service.

To offer phone coaching, simply say that you'll hop on the phone with them for an hour and help them with any issues they're having.

If they're interested, send your potential students a questionnaire. This questionnaire should tease out their biggest pain points. After they return it to you, set up a time to talk.

In the time between then and the phone call, research their pain points and figure out exactly how to help your new students solve them. The worst thing you can do is waste their time and money on the call.

When you hop on the call, simply walk through everything they should do to overcome their issues. Then give them action steps to take. You can even send them a separate document afterward.

Finally, ask if they'd like to set up another call to catch up on how they're doing and move them to the next stage, if they wish.

Then invoice them.

7. Offer¬†a Done-for-You Consulting Service

A done-for-you service is similar to a coaching service.¬†You personally help your clients solve an issue (or multiple issues).

Except, instead of them taking the actions you prescribe, you take those actions for them.

This doesn't work in some industries, like personal training. But it can certainly work in online marketing, web design, and any other niche where it doesn't matter who does the work.

Since you're doing the work, you can charge much more for a done-for-you service than phone coaching. You will also most likely work with them for a longer period of time, so monthly retainers (payments) are common.

Done-for-you services can range from $100/month to over $10,000/month. It depends on how valuable your service is and how much authority you have in the space.¬†And also how big your client's budget is.

Needless to say, this can ramp up your revenue quickly and keep it sustainable.

8. Install¬†a Membership Area

Membership areas can be great sources of passive income.

All you need to do is lock premium content behind a membership barrier and you're set. Then you decide whether to have people pay a one-time fee or a monthly recurring fee.

12. Create and Sell Your Own Physical Product

Most bloggers don't consider creating and selling their own physical product, but it is an option.

Ever wanted to become an inventor? Here's your chance.

The power lies in the audience you possess. If you have an audience that listens to you, you can sell almost anything because they trust your judgment and expertise.

Let's say you're a food blogger and you invented a new kitchen item that makes slicing apples a two-step process. You can get it designed, manufactured, and patented. Then you can use your existing audience to jump start sales, prove that there is demand for the product, and get it in stores.

It's not a conventional route, but it might be the right one for you.

13. Attract Affiliates for Your Products/Services

Do you have an ebook? A course? A coaching service?

Well, you can attract new business passively by setting up your own affiliate program and attracting other people to promote your product.

Once you have your own product, this an effective way to ramp up sales and sustain them. Here is one way to do it:

First, upload your product to Clickbank¬†or Udemy¬†(if it's a course). Then do a Google search for these search strings:

“Your Niche” + “blog”

“Your Niche” + “site”

Find as many sites as you can and reach out to each one asking if they'd like to make commission off your product.

Then go to Alltop.com, do a search for your niche, and again find as many sites as you can.

Then, reach out to them like you did before.

You can even create a marketing kit to give to each one. This kit would teach them the best ways¬†to promote your product and make money. It becomes a win-win for both of you.

14. Start an In-Person Coaching Service

Just like online coaching, in-person coaching can earn you a solid hourly rate.

This type of coaching can also be more effective for your students, as you're working together in a more intimate environment. If your students get results from your coaching, they will spread your services and help grow your business for you.

Simply offer the service on your website, promote it to your audience, and promote it in your local area. Your will blog act as evidence of your expertise.

15. Set up a Sales Funnel and Drive Paid Traffic

Once you have a product or service in place, all you need to do to increase revenue is make sure your traffic converts and ramp up that traffic.

One of the best ways to convert traffic is through a sales funnel. A sales funnel walks potential buyers through the buying process and ends with the final sale.

21. Accept Donations

People appreciate the amount of time and effort bloggers¬†put into each article.

It isn't easy to be a blogger, and readers can see that.

Many of them will be willing to donate to you, even if it's a small amount, to help you run the site and keep producing content.

You can create a simple Paypal “Donate” button and add it to your blog by following¬†this guide by¬†Vishnu.

22. Offer Speaking Engagements

As your reach and authority grows, you will probably be asked to speak at events.

These events can be in your local area or even across the World. People will pay you to be there and address their audience.

To make sure people know you're open for speaking engagements, create a page on your blog that details exactly how to contact you for a speaking engagement and what talks you give.

23. Facebook Retargeting

Finally, all of these blog monetization tips are nothing without traffic and conversions.

Often, your highest converting traffic will be the people who have already visited your site and are familiar with you. If you can market directly to them, bring them back to your site, and convert them, you can increase your revenue substantially.

One of the best ways to do this is through¬†Facebook Retargeting Ads. These ads are sent to a pool of people have visited your site in the last 30-180 days.

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